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That other states need to help pick up the slack and need to help shoulder this burden? >> first of all, i can tell you that my district alone in massachusetts has done an enormous amount to welcome afghan refugees just in the last few months, so we are absolutely stepping up to the plate, just as you see the people of martha's vineyard doing today. but let's put this in perspective. ron desantis is a republican. governor abbott in texas is a republican. the hard thing about immigration is getting democrats and republicans to come together. yet when republicans control the white house, the sen...

>> reporter: if we're a nation of laws and using a law incorrectly, are we -- are we being hypocritical? >> maybe. what else is being done to hold immigration down? or to stop it? or to at least control it to some degree? nothing. >> reporter: roberto escobar will keep working his land and keep waiting for an immigration solution that seems lost in these fields. ed lavandera, cnn, in the rio grande valley of texas. >> ed, thank you so much. and thank you for watching. our coverage continues. i had periodontal disease, and i just didn't feel well. but then i found clelearchoic. [ forde ] repl...

Ask? >> there are so many questions. jose, thank you for having me. he answered almost more than 00 questions and no questions about immigration although immigration has been a major crisis for this government, and he campaigned big on immigration reform, so question number one, why hasn't he been able to deliver on that promise of immigration reform. why hasn't he used his political capital during this first year to make sure an immigration solution goes through congress and question number two, why hasn't this government been able to reduce the number of immigrants coming in from central ame...

The planet. i cannot believe people came to this country saying it is better living in a cage than living at home. but also we have laws in this country that say here's how you seek asylum in this country. democrats have to look at those laws and say how can we pass legislation that says we can abide by the laws? both sides have to sit down in a way that we cannot do anymore and say we have to be courteous. and we have to apply the law. we can do both. >> i agree that democrats and republicans have to work together to figure it out. i think the president's tweet was disgusting. it is a hard qu...

The president could, indeed -- as he said, he pulled back on this at the request of democrats. do you think that it's plausible democrats and republicans in the next two weeks are going to come up with some sort of immigration solution? >> it's doubtful. we've been through this before several times under the bush administration, under the obama administration. and there are real differences in terms of what an agreement will be. if the president is talking about putting the daca program, the dreamers program back on the table or some kind of path to citizenship, a dramatic offer, then i believ...